Whitefish River They're not sure just what we have in store

Tuvaq had not expected to be roused so early for this, but he wasn't complaining. The boy never really slept much anyway, so he wasn't too put out over the whole thing. Besides, he was excited too - looking forward to seeing the river Acheron was talking about and perhaps even how their pack worked. Forever a seeker of knowledge, Tuvaq could never learn enough.

Nice? Tuvaq didn't really mind if they weren't, but he did suppose that would make things easier. "This is really cool of you, going out on an adventure like this. Brave." Assuming, of course, that Acheron had been a homebody before this. Tuvaq hadn't ever had anything truly stable to go back to. "Thanks for letting me go with you," the boy tacked on at the end, genuinely grateful for the opportunity. And for the fact that he might have made his first genuine friend... ever.